On This Day in History

On this day, Clara Hale, known as “Mother Hale,” was born Clara McBride in 1905 in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. Orphaned at…

(AURN News) — On March 25, 1931, nine Black teenage boys were falsely accused of raping two white women on a train…

On this day, March 20, Shelton Jackson “Spike” Lee was born in 1957, marking the arrival of one of film’s most iconic…

On this day, March 19, 1897, Loretta Mary Aiken, better known as comedian Jackie “Moms” Mabley, was born in North Carolina. Beginning…

(AURN News) — On this day, March 18, 1963, Vanessa Williams, a trailblazing entertainer, was born. Williams was born in Millwood, New…

(AURN News) — On March 13, 2020, Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency room technician, was fatally shot by police in her apartment…

(AURN News) — On this day, March 5, 1770, Crispus Attucks, a sailor of African and Native American descent, became the first…

(AURN News) — On this day, March 4, 1877, Garrett Augustus Morgan was born in Paris, Kentucky. The son of a formerly…

(AURN News) — Thirty-five years ago today, Rodney King, a Black motorist, was kicked, struck with a Taser and beaten by four…

(AURN News) — On this day, March 2, 1867, Howard University was established in Washington, D.C., in the aftermath of the Civil…

(AURN News) — Marian Anderson, one of the 20th century’s most celebrated singers, was born on Feb. 27, 1897, in Philadelphia. She…

(AURN News) — Fourteen years ago today, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was shot and killed in Sanford, Florida, while walking home from a…